KAWS
Working across contemporary practice KAWS is represented on Rare Form because the works we can offer meet the Rare Form Standard: a reviewed seller, disclosed documentation and condition described as recorded.
Signature pieces by KAWS
KAWS — market performance
Historical market information is provided for context and does not represent a prediction of future value.
Counted from the Rare Form catalogue. Asking prices are prices offered, not prices realised.
Median realised price, editions and multiples.
Source: Aggregated published auction results · 12 months to June 2026 · Sample: 690 lots
Median of sold editions and sculptural multiples. Buyer's premium included.
- Historical high at auction
- $14,800,000The KAWS Album (2005), Sotheby's Hong KongSource: Sotheby's published results · April 2019 · USD · Buyer's premium includedPublished price including buyer's premium, converted from HKD at the sale-date rate.
- Auction range, paintings
- $180,000 – $1,900,000Source: Aggregated published auction results · January 2024 – June 2026 · USD · Sample: 97 lots · Buyer's premium includedInterquartile range of sold acrylic-on-canvas lots. Bought-in lots excluded.
- Auction frequency
- ≈ 480 lots per yearSource: Aggregated published auction results · Rolling 24 months to June 2026 · Sample: 961 lotsAll catalogued lots offered, including sculpture multiples.
Last reviewed 8 August 2026.
14 works
Buying KAWS: values, editions and authentication
KAWS trades across two connected markets — fine-art screenprints and collectible figures — with different buyers and different price logic. Understanding which one a work belongs to is the first step to pricing it correctly.
The market
Print portfolios from the last fifteen years have a dense auction record and are among the most straightforward contemporary editions to value. Figures are driven by release scarcity and colourway, and the resale market prices unopened, box-fresh examples materially above opened ones. Both markets cooled from their 2021 highs and now reward patience.
Editions and formats
Screenprints are usually issued in editions of 100 to 500, signed, dated and numbered on the reverse. Figures are produced in far larger but still finite runs, often in multiple colourways released simultaneously — the scarcer colourway in a set generally holds value best.
Authentication
Prints should carry the artist's signature, date and edition number on the verso together with the publisher's invoice. Figures should retain original packaging and, where issued, the accompanying certificate. Counterfeit figures are widespread; provenance from an original retail or gallery source matters more here than in any other part of the market.
Condition red flags
- Figures without original packaging, or with resealed or reprinted boxes
- Prints with light-fade in the flat colour fields, where damage is highly visible
- Missing verso signature, date or edition number on a work described as a signed edition
- Sellers unable to name the original point of sale for a figure
Questions collectors ask about KAWS
- How much is a KAWS print worth?
- Signed screenprints commonly trade from the mid four figures to the mid five figures depending on the series, edition size and condition. Complete portfolios sell at a premium to the sum of their individual sheets, and condition — particularly colour freshness — swings prices within the same edition considerably.
- Do KAWS figures hold their value?
- Scarce colourways in original unopened packaging have held value best; widely produced releases have not. Treat figures as a supply-driven collectible market rather than a fine-art one, and keep the box.
- How can I tell a genuine KAWS print?
- Check the verso for the artist's signature, date and edition number, match those against the published edition details, and require an invoice from the original publisher or gallery. For figures, insist on packaging and a traceable point of sale.
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